In English, we will be sharing the short animation ‘The Wishgranter’ during which will allow the children to investigate the themes of friendship and problem-solving as they settle into Year 5.
We will then be studying ’Curiosity’ by Markus Motum. This is a story of the search for life on Mars, told from the unique perspective of Curiosity, the Mars Rover sent to explore the red planet. Using the Ready Steady Write scheme, children will be learning how to write a Space journey narrative and a formal mission log.
In Maths, we will use our Power Maths scheme of work to develop our understanding of Place Value, and Addition and Subtraction. During our first unit, Year 5 pupils will be able to: read and record Roman numerals up to 1000; read, write and compare numbers up to 1 million; identify 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 and 100,000 more or less; partition numbers up to 1,000,000; round to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000. During our second unit, children will be able to use a range of mental strategies to add and subtract; add and subtract whole numbers with more than four digits; round to check answers; identify and use the inverse; solve multi-step addition and subtraction problems and find missing numbers.
In Science, the children are learning about astronomy. The aim is to give children a basic overview of Earth and its place in our solar system.
The children will learn how night and day occur, explain how the planets orbit the sun and be able to name the planets in our solar system. They will learn about the differing ideas of planetary movement and explain them using evidence. They will learn about our moon and be able to explain that the moon orbits the Earth and not the Sun and discuss how they each move relative to each other. They will use enquiries to report and present findings and identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas.
In RE, this term, Year 5 are learning about the importance of the mandir in Hinduism. They will explore how a mandir is a Hindu place of worship and discover that many Hindus worship both at home and in a mandir. Through their learning and visit, pupils will identify key features of a mandir, including shrines and murtis (sacred images), and learn how these support worship, prayer and religious festivals. Children will also investigate the important role mandirs play within Hindu communities and how they contribute to wider society through charitable and community work. This unit will help pupils develop their understanding of different beliefs, practices and traditions, while encouraging respect for diversity within our local and global communities.
In History, we will be studying the unit ‘Pharaohs’ and will be travelling back 5000 years to the dusty realms of Ancient Egypt. We will be cruising along the Nile to enter a world of mysteries and curses, mummies and kings. We will be learning about Tutankhmun, ancient Egyptian beliefs, and artefacts; developing an understanding how this civilization has contributed to world history.
In Art, children will develop their understanding of the visual elements of art and design including; the seven elements of line, tone, texture, colour, space, shape and form. The skills will build on the children’s understanding of colour theory and developing drawing and painting techniques.
In Music, the unit is Ancient Egypt. Children will be learning a new song and focusing on singing in time with the backing track. In addition, they will identify the structure of a piece of music and match this to non-standard notation. In groups, the children will improvise their own piece and perform this to others. They will use, hieroglyphic notation to show the structure of their piece.
In Computing, our first unit is Computing Systems and Networks: Search engines. During this unit the children will be learning what a search engine is, suggesting several search engines to use and explain how to use them to find websites and information. Suggest that things online aren’t always true and recognise what to check for. Explain why keywords are important and what TASK stands for, using these strategies to search effectively. Recognise the terms ‘copyright’ and ‘fair use’ and combine text and images in a poster. Make parallels between book searching and internet searching, explaining the role of web crawlers and recognising that results are rated to decide rank. Online Safety lessons will also be taught every term, our first one being about online protection. Learning how applications can access personal information and how to alter permissions to limit the sharing of information with others online.
In French lessons, we will be developing the children’s reading, listening, speaking and writing skills. We will begin by consolidating the learning from Year 4 and will begin by studying a children’s story, we will then be developing sentences about family members.
In PSHE, we will be studying the unit ‘Being me in my world’. Over this unit of work, each class will develop our learning charter linking to the rights and responsibilities we have as members of Millbrook Junior School. We will explore facing new challenges positively and know how to set personal goals. The children will be able to understand their rights and responsibilities as a British citizen and a member of their school. They will be able to empathise with people in this country whose lives are different to their own. The children will learn how making choices about their own behaviour leads to rewards and consequences, and how these make us feel.
In PE, the children will be developing a multitude of skills that can be transferred across a variety of sports. They will focus on hand-eye coordination, agility, pace, stamina and aim. The children will be completing a variety of activities each week and will then create their own activity to promote one of the learnt skills.
In their second PE lesson, the children will be learning about the sport of Handball in their PE lessons. They will develop their passing, improve their shooting and learn about movement in the game when they take part in a variety of activities. The children will also learn how to implement basic attacking and defending tactics.